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CARMEL ITE VOL. XXV, NO. 107. MOUNT CARMEL, MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1913. Kntered November 4, 1902, Mount Carmel.

eond-class matter, under set of Conrrss of March 8. 1ST. MOUNT KILLED MAKING A RAID ELECTRIC POWER TO BE USED SOON AT RELIANCE EX TREASURER LLOYD MAY BE A FUGITIVE SHOW MORE LIBERALITY TO THE fIREMEN MANY APPEALS ON VALUATIONS Of COAL TRACTS oUILD CHURCH FOR NEW SECT angregatlon Hat Five Members, But Revival Will Be Started. Tcpton, March 10. Epbraim Eteffey, who until recently waj a aeu.ter cf another church, joined tL Church of Cod, and thU denomination having no church here, he decided to erect an edifice, which was dedicated Pallet Chief Shot Through Htart at Disorderly House.

Monesson, March 10 Acting Chief of Police Georf F.tinger wa iibot dead at tk door of a disorderly bouse which he aod three other ofli-eera were- raiding. Police, state troopers and detectives are searching for Hough, a former policeman of Bellevernon, who Is WEATHER EVERYWHERE. CtsetvatiOM of UtlttJ State weather bureaus tzYta at 8 p. m. yesterday Tercp.

Weather. Albany i2 Clear. Atlantic City 46 Clear, Boston Gfl Clear. Buffalo P. Cloudy.

Chicago 38 Cloudy. New 72 Cloudy. New York f0 Clear. f.4 Clear. St.

Louis f.0 P. Cloudy. Washington 60 Cloudy. At a meeting of the Mount Carmel Sunday. The county commissioners report that the cornoratlon anneais from IFlremrn's Association held last Fri William M.

Lloyd, former treasurer of Northumberland county, 1b charged with the embezzlement of from the funds of the 'the 1912 triennial assessment were i exceptionally numerous as compared i believed to be hiding in an abandoned I nnnl mnA A warrant ht 1iAn ttvnfn Members of the engineer corps of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company hnve siarted tunning surveys tor a pole line from the Alaska colliery to the new shaft near Fteaverdale, for the purpose of carrying electric power from the former arrest 1 The erection of the church, with the furnishings, cost Steffey There are five members, Mr. and Mr. Steffey, their daughter Maggie, and her husband, Preston Richard and Charles Jieppett. A revival will start this week county. The warrant for his was issued February 2Tth, pandering, ueiug anegea inai.

nis operation to the Reltalce mines. with previous years. If changes are not. made it Is likely that the coal companies will again go through the tedious work of dragging their appeals through the court. Appeals from corporations principally coal companies and Individual coal operators, were again heard on Friday of last week.

Many attorneys were on band as well as the coal re- The Weather. Fair today; unsettled row; variable winds. tomor- to Increase the membership. The dedicatory services were in charge of Rev. ti.

V. M. Fahl, of Al-lentown, and Rev. J. M.

Fahl, of Ma-cnngi. The church Is 30 by 1C0 feet In dimensions and will seat 125 day evening the committee appointed to solicit the lands to defray the expenses of the Firemen's convention to be held here nevt June nade qni'o a lengthy report the substance of which can be summed up In the following: "We bare called on a birge number of people and explained our mission anil met with poor success. Some of the business men who will profit largely py the convention have contributed but. fifty and seventy-five cents. Others gave liberally but.

the majority don't seem to realize the expense connected with thin convention. We have figured on a few items of expense and at the rate we have been When officials of the Reading recently derided to e.plip the Reliance colliery with electricity, they found that, a Kreat saving could I effected by securing the necessary power from the generating plant nt Alaska colliery. In order to make the pi in feasible, a pole line was found necessary and this is to be erected as fioon as the surveyors complete their work, fallowing which the wires will ne ftrung. six teen-year-old daughter was being kept In the resort where the murder occurred. Etinger after stationing his raen around ibe house conducted by "Mother" Dudgeon, knosked at.

the rear door. The door suddenly was thrown open and a bullet was fired into the chief's heart. The Mayer taped by the front door, the officers on guard there having run to the rear on hearing the shot. "Mother" Dudgeon. and two Inmates of the resort were arrested.

glon assessors, expert mining author Monday morning, his deputy, Mark L. Swab, was arrested charged with abetting the misdemeanor. The ranf issued against Lloyd ban not been served. From present Indications he 1b b. fugitive from justice.

lie is not to be found at his regular habitat ions and no word can be learned of his whereabouts. The warrant for Lloyd's arrest waa Issued by Justice Roimli of Sunbury. A constable and Chief of Police Mcpherson, of Northumberland, have been unable to llnd the ex -County Treasurer. Lloyd, formerly a resident of Shamokin, later moved to Sunbury and then to Catawlssa. The fact that.

Lloyd Is not to iie itles and many charts, drafts, blue prints and coal statistics compiled for use In this end of the coal regions. PENSION WARLESS COLONEL NEW HEATER INSTALLED AT LOCUST CAP It. is Intended to equip the Reliance operation with electricity I hroughoifl 'and within the next few months I Born After Rebellion Began, But Son of a Veteran. Pittsburgh, March 10 Although the only tiglillng he has ever done was In political campaigns, 'Colonel" John ftosf nlierger, of Klttanning township, near hfie, was granted a pen-sion of 2 a month by the government. "colonel" was born In 1802, and much of the motive power for the-! colliery will be furnished by the AI-; laska plant.

POPE MUCH BETTER; 1 he coal companies appealed to the commissioners for reductions and advanced various reasons, the principal ones being that coal was getting more difficult tn mine each year and a great deal more scarce. They regarded the tracts as less valuable. The commissioners heard the various district, appeals in order. On one tract there would be several appeals. These were all heard and then attention would be directed to another tract.

In this way the work was nearly completed whn Friday's hearings were held In court room No. going It. would take two years to collect, a snfllelent. amount, to defray these few expenses. For instance take the decorat Inns.

For lighting the streets and decorating It will cost about JfiOO. For fireworks at, least 'Mld more. Then we must give prizes. They will means a couple of hundred more. "The point Is simply this: If wo The Philadelphia Reading Coal Iron Co.

is making greit iinprove-: meiits at the boiler house at the lo RECEIVES CALLERS GRLWBy cust, Spring colliery. A water limit-er was shipped to the colliery Thursday. It Is quite novelty and the first lo lie used In this section of IIih coal fields. Is only forty Inches tall. The pension want a "bum" convention, one thnt was granted him on the ground that wl" Rive the town a black eye for he is Ihe son of a deceased veteran evermore, we can get along with a His EALL Of TOP Hopes Soon lo Resume Regular Duties.

found and that Swab did at nil times keep the authorities posted as to his whereabouts, leads many to believe that. Swab is not, a principal to the misdemeanor, but Is held on a technicality of the law. Lloyd's Sureties Settle The County Commissioners today received a check for from the Title Guaranty Surety Company of Seranton, for what they claim is settlement in full of the shortage in the county treasury due to the defalcation of former County Treasurer William M. Lloyd. The deficit as first discovered by the County Auditors amounted to about Later the auditors found a check for $5,000 and another for in addition to $1,100 In bank and in errors in accounts.

The i coupie oi nunnreii noiiars. tint it we The builder recommends it to be the best beater on the market and and is unable to earn a living by mau-ual labor. want to keep abreast of the times and A MINE DRIFT outdo Ihe other towns the convention has been in, which we think is the concensus of opinion of the three lo- 2 In Sunbury. It is the general belief that the commissioners will make very few changes, as mining men Mid assessors say the work of the assessors has been very accurate this year and that the coal companies have little reason to complain. The latter, however, have expressed a determination to have just assessments and in the event that the commissioners I fit I companies which this Association represents, then we must have over Itwo thousand dollars.

What the So AUTO AND CYCLE CRASH, ONE KILLED A peculiar accident occurred in the mines at Wilbnrton yesterday, strange not because of the nature of the mis if it proves satisfactory the I'. It. C. I. Company will install it In nil the boiler houses.

The firemen have great trouble In making the water a proper heat, as a rule about IfiO to ICO degrees. This heater is supposed to make It from 205 to 212 degrees, which means a great deal in saving fuel and making less labor for the firemen in keeping the proper pressure of steam. Rome, March 10. A marked improvement was noted In the condition of Pope Pius both the inflammation of the throat and the hoarseness being considerably diminished. The pope himself said he felt much relieved and hoped that his "tyrants" no nor nonor tneir requests tne appeals will he taken to the court for final action.

liciting committee wants to know is if the Association can help ns out with any suggestion that will bring out the doUars to make the greatest convention held by the Six-County Firemen's Association. We have been sorely disappointed in the hap, which Is usual in mining, but I because of the fact that the victim was a lady. The Midvnlley Coal Company is' opening a drift at tile eastern end nf i expprts employed by the Surety Com pany state that; the correct shortage This heater and purifier, known as Running in Oppnsite Directions, Meet Head On. is US, the amount of the check received by the Commissioners this would allow him to resume at an early date the ordinary course of life. The attending physicians, however, insist that the continue to rest.

the No. I village. Yesterday Miss the Cacbrane heater and water pnri Is quire a large structure; it Hessie liudisill. Cassi- liarr and tier MINE INSPECTOR morning. The Title Guaranty Surety Co, i half feet hleh.

live feet I Harry Itarr, (lie village blacksmith, I eight and ine pope passed a tranquil isnc. Whllo out walking, decided inspect I wide and nine feet long and will were the bondsmen for Lloyd. That, the discrepancy did actually exist, is proved by the fact that they fRIEL'S REPORT be placed In the boiler house pump in to the end, i room. It will require a great, deal of the lace of the! labor (o prepare a place to install it, Dr. Amici, wno remained in an ucija-ithe.

drift, cent room, did not need to give his-- They had walked personal services to the patient until and were standing at top occurred and I as the boiler house Is at least six mornine. The none then received the drift when a fall of have issued a check for the amount. The warrant is still out lor Lloyd's arrest, and every effort will be made P. J. Friel, Mine Inspector of the way Ave have been received." The report was signed by the soliciting committee.

It can't be disputed that the local fire companies are composed of the best lire fighting material that, exists in any town or city, and although it is all work as hard as any paid department. The only benefit they derive from this work is the pleasure they have at. these conventions. They are always "on th ioh" where there is a fire, and we iie'Kve the people of Mount Carmel, atV'-reading the above, will see the thing, in a different light and rally to their aid. struck Miss Kiidisill, who was rend-1 feet too low to have It operate prop-! ered unconscious.

The llrst-aid corps, oi ly and to overcome thu difllculty I called to the scene, administered re-: the main water tank will have to be to locate him. Kven though the coun Sixteenth Anthracite district, has fur ty would now withdraw its action, the surety company will prosecute the nished us with a summary of the statistics of his district for the year defaulting papal secretary of state, Cardinal Merry del Val, and afterwards his sisters and nieces, who remained with him for more than half an hour. Dr. Marchlafava, in describing the condition of his holiness, said that there were no symptoms of gout, from which the pope has been a frequent lief, after which a physician was summoned. Miss Undisill is all right today, but has several scalp wounds, the result of the injury.

raised six feet which will mean a great tisk in workmanship. The Reading Company Intends to spare no expense in installing this heater, which Is a 4.000 horse power machine and will look forward with groat interest to the result, aud if it proves successful will mean a great deal to them. Frederick, WJ, March 10. Running in opposite directions, an automobile driven by .1. 11.

liean, of Washington, collided with the motorcycle of John L. Zimmerman at Feagaville, a few miles west of this city. Zimmerman was injured to such an extent that he died thirty minutes later as he was being taken into the Frederick City hospital. The automobile was climbing a large hill at Feagaville at low speed, and as it neared the top Hean noticed the motorcycle coming toward him at high speed on the swime side of the road. Apparently Zimmerman was confused, for the motorcycle struck the automobile square in the center of the radiator, pitching Zimmerman clear of the car and landing him in the aims of Bean.

1912. The figures show a total production of coal for the year of 2.791,2-10 tons. There are fourteen collieries in Hie district, and 43 mine openings. Number of persons employed inside were r130, and number employed outside were 21CU. The fatal accidents inside number LOSS Of ARM sufferer, but that he is afflicted at the TO ADDRESS THE GROCERS CONVENTION present time by a simple bronchial af fection somewhat diffuse, but without any alarming character.

CAUSED DEATH He declared that there was nothing AGED MAN DIED AT ALMS HOUSE ed fifteen, outside four. Non-fatal accidents inside the mines were 52, out HOBO'S HOME AT DUMP GROUNDS of an alarming nature whatever in the pope's indisposition, which might pass unnoticed, except for the advanced age of the pontiff. Casper Zigler, of Mount Carmel, side 9. Tons of coal produced per fatal accident, 140,907. Kight wives were made widows, and twenty-nine children were made orphans.

Production of coal by Companies P. R. C. I. Co Mineral Railroad Mining Co.

Fxcelsior Coal Co 17774K Shipman Koal Co Trevorton Collierv Co 151 SSS lluek Ridge Coal Mining SSFiS It is thought that Zimmerman was (l aged about 05 years, died yesterday afternoon at five o'clock in the Mount, RUINED BY EIRE Thomas Galvin, the young man who had his right arm cut off by a circular saw at St. Nicholas colliery on Saturday morning, died last night iu the State Hospital at Fountain Springs. The young man was under a table, on which the saw rested, scooping saw dust when he got too near the revolving saw and his arm was severed. He lost considerable blood before he could be gotten to the hospital. VANDAL'S AX ON SHAFT Discovery of Gettysburg Tool Remains to Convict Despoiler.

Carmel Almshouse, between Shamokin and Sunbury, from a complication of diseases. He had been suffering from dropsy for some time, linrial will be made in Mount Carmel. The Mount Carmer otflct.il dumping grounds will be struck off the list as a stopping: point for knights of the confused, fur when Dean first caught sight of hjn he was riding with head down between the handlebars, and on catching sight of the automobile be seemed undecided in which direction to go. The rate at which the was traveling prohibited any delay, and liefuie Zimmerman could turn either to the right or left he had struck the automobile head on. Bean was hehi under flOoo bail for a The seventh annual convention of the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware Wholesale Grocers' Association will be held in the Hotel Du-i'ont, Wilmington, Delaware, on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, March 12th and lBth.

Clement Schneider, member of the well known firm of Schneider Uros. of Mount Carmel, is scheduled to deliver an address to the convention Thursday on "Salesmen's Vacations." The convention promises to be a very interesting affair, and will be attended by representatives from more than two hundred jobbing r.nd wholesale grocery firms in the three states. Total 2791210 Gettysburg, March 10. lnve tlgation into the mystery surrounding: the identity of the Gettysburg battle-! fiM vnndul roi-nnlnH thrt fnnt 1 1 1 hp BASKET BALL GAME IN OPERA HOUSE TONIGHT LEHIGH VALLEY AND PENNA. COLLIERIES IDLE (road who pass through this region, for wome rime to come, as their winter home or shanty at that place is now but a heap of ashes.

Saturday morning when the watch TO INVESTIGATE damage to the nine large memorials was done with the butt-end of a single-bit axe instead of with a sledge ham mer, as at first supposed. Careful measurements were taken All collieries owned by the Lehigh Valley company and a number of man of the grounds went to the dump he found that his shanlv had burned An interesting game of basket ball will bo played here tonight. when the St. Stephen's church choir team clashes with the Sons of Veterans' team in the Opera House. game will be played on the stage.

operations owned by the Pennsylvania SANITY Of RIZZI NEGROES' HOME BURNED Company did not work today. The. Pennsylvania workings will resume at a number of the monuments and in a number of instances It' was found that everything pointed to the destruc operation Wednesday. At the Northumberland County WATER MAIN BURST ON MARKET STREET IIW" II Ulll 111 HIT- llllll. i uric CI 3 nothing of any value in the building and the loss is very small.

It will be rebuilt within the next several weeks. The dumping grounds is the official stopping point of all hobos wi come into this territory and it is lought that it was these worthless ellows who caused the fire. Severa. weeks tive blow having been delivered by a large axe. BURNED BY PREMATURE SHOT THIS MORNING HAND BADLY CUT John Rojoski had his light hand badly cut while working in the mines Saturday.

Dr. llanlon was the attending physician. Court at Sunbury this morning Judge Aloser appointed the following men a I commission to investigate into the Think Whites Who Objected to Colored Neighbor Fired Building. Laurel. March 10.

Believed to have been set on fire by neighbors who did not want it in their midst, an old mattress factory was destroyed by To add plausibility to this theory sanity of Tony ltizzi, of Shamokin, Patrick Harmon, of Shamokin, was who is serving a long term in the caught in a premature shot at Dear there were no less than Kastprn Penitentinrv fnr the murder ago Trie water supply of residents on North Market street was cut off last evening when the water main burst at Fourth and Market streets. The Water Company soon had plumbers at work and in a short time the pipe was replaced by a good one. Valley colliery this morning and sustained serious burns to the head. of Henry Uchtenleitner, of Shamok- i "amps stopping- at tne dump ground in. in 110: Attorney Charles C.

Pa'ace. hands and body. was the discovery, also upon measurement, that the damage could not have been done with a short-handled hammer while the perpetrator' stood on the ground, but that some longer weapon must have been used. Once the Instrument Is found the discovery of the guilty party may be easy. A BABY BOY Patrick "Gint" Nolan, street, Is the proud father of a bouncing baby boy that arrived at his home fast evening.

"Gint" 1s celebrating the arrival in fitting style. DESERTER OF WIFE AND i TAMAQUA ASSURED I PUBLIC Lark, Dr. M. F. Flanaghan and Sam-I uel Reed.

Rizzi has been acting very queerly of la-te and the warden at jthe penitent'ary is of the opinion tb he is insane. BUILDING CHILDREN WAS CAPTURED I The New Federal building for Ta- Eight months ago Anthony Tolskie, the flames. The building was of Trame, recently purchased by a Laurel man, who had it moved to another section of the town and was fitting it up as a living place for negroes. Carpenters and plasterers had just begun to alter the building. There was much comment by white people concerning the location of the building on the site it occupied, and Laurel residents are convinced that some one living in the neighborhood deliberately put a match to the CENTRALIA BOY DEAD Ralph La Shelle Clews, of Centralia, aged nine years, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Albert Clews, of Centralia, died yesterday morning from pneumonia. The funeral will he held Tuesday afternoon Services will be conducted at the home by the Rev. Jones. Interment will be made in the Odd Fellows' maqua is now an assured fact, as the bill providing for the erection of a Indian Chief Gets Old Gun.

Washington, March 10. Chief Horn Bear, an Ogalala Sioux, a R. Guinan left for New York for a days in the interest of ladies new spring suits and coats. Miss Kathryn Leeser. of Sunbury, has been added to the millinery department of Karns' Department store.

TROLLEY WIRE PULLED OUT The trolley wheel on a car of the Shamokin and Mount Carmel Transit of Shamokin, deserted his wife and children and left for parts unknown. Yesterday he returned to Shamokin and was arrgsied by the police. He will be given a hearing this evening. $75,000 building at that place, and which was introduced and conducted powerful, bronzed giant six feet tliree Company, caught in the trolley wire through Its usual course by Congress Inches, wlio gave up nis gun twenty at the curve west of town about It. E.

Lee, has passed both the years ago, when the government or-j o'clock this morning and tore the bouse and senate and has been sign- Place your wants in the ITEM. DIED IN HOSPITAL Elizabeth, wife of Constable Thomas Tosh, of Shenandoah, died last evening in the State Hospital at Fountain Springs, where she had been operated upon in the afternoon. wire out oi position, rassengers tne President. transferred at. this point and were forced to walk nearly three FIRST YOUNG CHICKS Klectricians are busily engaged in re-1 Adam Gable, merchant at Third pairing the damage.

anj willow streets, already has a Hock of spring chickens hatched. Mr. AT RECCE'S TODAY Strawberry, made from fresh berries, peant and pineapple ice cream besides other flavors at Recce's today. A full line of lunch always on band. dered all guns taken from the Indians in the Bad Lands, had It returned to him in the office of Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs Abbott.

Hollow Horn Bear recognized bis weapon by a rawhide wrapping on the barrel. BEAU BRUMMEL THEATORIUM I VISITED HERE Gable is a great chicken fancier and James, John and Kathryn Farley, has a special room fitted with steam AT RECCE'S Strawberry, made from fresh ber RUSH FOR CHARITY HATS Merchants Give Salvation Army Collectors Wrong Styles In Boxes. Altoona. March 10. For a little while business was exceedingly brisk at the Salvation Army's store in this city EverybVly seemed to take kindly to the "bargains in hats." The rush was DIED AT WHITE HAVEN Miss Carrie W.

Faust, of Shenandoah, a teacher for the Correspondent Schools, at Seranton. died yesterday at the State Sanitarium nt White Haven. She had a brother David in Meets, Woos and Weds In Three Days of Shamokin. and Mr. and Mrs.

Thorn- heat in which he keeps the chicks. Lancaster. March a Hanlon and daughter Margaret of ..1. 111.111. i win KKUniNU tUIYirWfclNCfcU TONIGHT ries, burnt almond, cherry and pineapple Ice cream besides other flavors today and tomorrow.

A fell line of lunch always on hand. many wno visited tne nome or it. w.j The residents of town have already llanlnn. west Thirtl Rtret- nn S.it- hAs buster when It comes to man. is a Shamokin.

looking for a wife. He was in Reading lurdav clement Hanlon. who suf-i last week and entered a Penn street i fering from pneumonia, is steadily i SCHOOL BOARD MEETS TONIGHT 80 reat tnat it' suspicion, and PRESCRIPTIONS The Mount Carmel School Board an investigation was made. store on business. He was attracted improving.

Miss A. Holeman. of Wil-by the beautv of Miss Emilr A. Felty. amsport.

a trained nurse, who had MADDEN FUNERAL Tv. nt itA Um, It was discovered that army collec- Carefully compounded. Business In- will meet tonight in tbe high school a clerk. The following day he had pro-j ueen engaged by Dr. llanlon.

left this Madden, of Green Ridge, building to open hids for the heating tors in making their rounds had been creasing in all departments. Try our nnitori tn I ho vminv lartw anil th nett momillg for Iter home. held this afternoon. Services system in the new High School build-. given a box of the latest spring styles candies.

were was day they were married. I The new nickel held at the home. interment Indian made in a Shamokin cemetery. bears an S. I.

Jonkua, Druggist. 204 South 'Oak St. uB auu me luuuxi. la beadgear oy a prominent mercaant 1 instead of some that bad gone out of PROUD PARENTS aMw he intended. tf "Beau Rnimmel." The biggest fop of all history.

Tbe associate of kings, princes and princesses. He held fashion in his away, lived in luxury, and ended bis days an object of charity. A historic life portrayal that will hold spellbound the audiences who witness it at the Theatoriura tonight Beau Prummel was the most talked-of character in the Nineteenth Century during bis short and meteoric career, which attracted the attention of tbe world as tbe exemplification of fashion and swelldom, presented by an unusual strong cast of Viugraph players. josepn aey. uimemui The Btoppej tne FIRST SPRING STYLES head, but no one knows whether the ired man Lkes it or not.

Nor will HURT AT NATALIE Our spring line of coat suits and he be asked. Frank Schreffler. east Sixth street, coats are all here and on display. lifting a heary piece of timber ANY DAY raoleds were returned; but when the Ul life and any time after tonight he i Marcn, yea Mn uke ghaT iB tne can be found at home. A bouncing wbstitutea re placed on the mar-, FeordeV Buildln hi.

i.m. Let they did not seem to sell. tnew teoP'- Huiidin Come and see them. Utah has passed a law making it at Natalie colliery this morning when That's he strained an internal organ. He was felony to bet on the races.

i iuu laiiu ABiwwiiua, w. vs Burin "a Association, ao. Simon Karns. Third and Oak Sts. week and all his spare time is taken! up in looking after the baby.

ur support respectfully solicited. lOak street. Mount Carmel. Pa, getting 'removed to his home In the colliery ambulance. I what cornea of lawmakers the wrong tip.

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